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Mortality in Yemen, 1987

Yemen
1987
Life expectancy: 56.8
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-5 -1   1987  +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Yemen was 56.8 years in 1987: 58.7 for women and 55.0 for men, a gap of 3.7 years. 156,547 people died; 16.0% of them were 65 or older and 57.4% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Life expectancy at birth
56.8
Women
58.7
Men
55.0
Life expectancy at 65
12.5
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
99.0
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
142.8
Deaths
156,547
Deaths per 1,000 people
12.7
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
305
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
238
Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1987's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.
Deaths per 1,000 people per year in each age group. Logarithmic scale: each gridline is ten times the one below. Hover for exact values.
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AgeDeath rate, women (‰)Death rate, men (‰)Years left, womenYears left, men
098.13113.6558.755.0
1-412.8512.2763.660.5
5-91.872.3362.859.4
10-141.541.6958.455.1
15-192.222.6553.850.5
20-242.953.7949.446.2
25-293.394.0245.142.0
30-343.934.5640.837.8
35-394.625.6236.633.6
40-445.607.3632.429.5
45-497.209.9428.225.5
50-5410.0614.1824.221.7
55-5914.2620.4720.318.1
60-6421.9230.5016.614.7
65-6934.0845.3613.211.7
70-7455.3569.1710.29.1
75-7989.48107.087.66.9
80-84143.76164.035.65.0
85-89218.36248.214.03.6
90-94332.51375.032.92.6
95-99459.10511.752.11.9
100+603.57655.741.71.5